Meet The Author: RBC Manchester x Nihal Arthanayake

Born in Essex in 1971, Nihal has spent over two decades building his reputation as one of the best-known voices on BBC Radio. An award-winning interviewer who was named BBC Radio's Interview of the Year in 2019, he has mastered the art of meaningful dialogue with everyone from world leaders to entertainment icons.
In "Let's Talk", Nihal combines his extensive interviewing experience with expert insights to explore the psychology behind successful communication and how we can all have better conversations. Recently honored as Media Personality of the Year 2022 at the Asian Media Awards, Nihal brings his unique blend of journalistic rigour and conversational warmth to this special Rebel Book Club Manchester event.

Furthermore, we will also be exploring Nihal's early career, his time at the BBC and his new exciting venture!

Don't miss this opportunity to hear and learn from one of the UK's foremost experts on the art of conversation.
About Let’s Talk
Let's Talk blends Nihal's experiences as an acclaimed interviewer with expert and celebrity opinion on the secrets and psychology behind successful communication. From tracing the evolution of dialogue to discovering what lights up in the brain when we're enjoying a good discussion, Nihal speaks to conversational authorities to find out why good conversation has eroded over time and how we can fix it.
Part how-to and part manifesto, Let's Talk is Nihal's accessible, anecdotal and invigorating toolkit to having better conversations with anyone, any time.
Why we read Let’s Talk: "Read this fascinating book and you'll become a better listener, a better conversationalist and better company" - Adam Kay, British comedy writer"

Omar Latif

Omar is the founder of an AI startup and also pursuing a PhD in Behavioural AI. One big reason Omar joined RBC is to get away from academic literature, gain knowledge in areas outside of his interests and to have engaging conversations with the awesome community.

There is a clear alliance with the philosophy and taste of RBC as Omar has already read 70% of the books from the Rebel Book Club library!

Ryan Fellows

Co-host Ryan is an Honorary Salfordian having lived here for 14 years, but proudly born and raised in Preston

Having discovered RBC during ‘lockdown’ the monthly variety was a welcome distraction and the old zoom meets’ helped keep his sanity! Post Covid he’s looking to help build the Manchester crew

A keen amateur historian and lover of most sports; when not delving into a new book he’ll be watching the weekend's football or out running (in the famous Manchester rain!).

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Mirror Me Write grew from Ayesha Ansari’s deep commitment to representation, and desperately wanting to see more books with multiple narratives being promoted. Ayesha is a Teaching Assistant, mother of two and the founder of Mirror Me Write, a Manchester online indie bookshop, promoting inclusive books and authors from underrepresented backgrounds. Her hope has always been to affect positive change in schools by helping them to identify key inclusive and own voice books that could be used across the curriculum. In her words, “Representation is not a privilege, it’s a right!”.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

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